David Russell Quotes
I don't try to make the guitar sound like the harpsichord or lute. That makes you end up being like a bad copy.
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What novels do that biographies don't is get at truths by penetrating the facts, by going deeper to what's underneath fact, through invention.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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I think of a song in terms of lyrics and stories, and that's what keeps it country for me.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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I am not that thrilled about the way our records sound anyway. Don't get me wrong, I work hard on them and I want them to sound fantastic but I'm happy to have another interpretation of them anyway.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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Everyone asks me if I'm the princess or if my brothers beat me up. The younger ones I can deck pretty easily. With the older ones, it's harder.
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My children didn't when they were little because I thought that they had to be of a certain age. I hoped they liked me well enough not to want to see me in that sort of a spot.
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I told my kids when they were little, 'Look, kids, your mother and I are screwing you up somehow. We don't understand how, or we wouldn't do it. But we're parents. So somehow we're damaging you, and I want you to know that early. So just ignore me when I go to that part of my parenting.'
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I love the anxiety, the pressure of the loud room full of yapping kids. But I'm a kid myself.
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'Power' is really such a good show that I forget I'm in it sometimes.
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I am becoming more radical with age. I have noticed that writers, when they are old, become milder. But for me it is the opposite. Age makes me more angry.
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I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.
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A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.
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I think you can totally be a totally normal kid from the suburbs of Chicago and go off and play shows. It's one of those things that when you go home, you're still the nerd you were when you left, and your parents still get to yell at you about cleaning up your room, and your girlfriend still drags you to the pet store.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already.
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Humor disarms people. They don't feel threatened.
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I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.
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I mean, there's an aspect I've always said that is - it's, you know, it's not poetry but it's kind of like it. It's not song lyrics but it's kind of like song lyrics. It's not rap but it's kind of like rap. And it's not stand-up comedy but it is kind of like stand-up comedy. It's all those things together.
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I worked in feature film casting right out of college and spent a lot of time working with actors, directors, and producers.
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I don't try to make the guitar sound like the harpsichord or lute. That makes you end up being like a bad copy.
